Suchergebnisse - "Huffman, David W."

Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions von Prichard, Susan J., Hessburg, Paul F., Hagmann, R. Keala, Povak, Nicholas A., Dobrowski, Solomon Z., Hurteau, Matthew D., Kane, Van R., Keane, Robert E., Kobziar, Leda N., Kolden, Crystal A., North, Malcolm, Parks, Sean A., Safford, Hugh D., Stevens, Jens T., Yocom, Larissa L., Churchill, Derek J., Gray, Robert W., Huffman, David W., Lake, Frank K., Khatri-Chhetri, Pratima

“… We review science-based adaptation strategies for western North American (wNA) forests that include restoring active fire regimes and fostering resilient …”
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Climatic constraints on trait‐based forest assembly von Laughlin, Daniel C., Fulé, Peter Z., Huffman, David W., Crouse, Joseph, Laliberté, Etienne

“… 1. Climatic constraints on plant distributions are well known, but predicting community composition through knowledge of trait‐based environmental filtering …”
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Patterns and drivers of recent land cover change on two trailing-edge forest landscapes von Rodman, Kyle C., Crouse, Joseph E., Donager, Jonathon J., Huffman, David W., Sánchez Meador, Andrew J.

“… •Trailing-edge forests in the western US are vulnerable to climate impacts.•Annual maps of land cover revealed minor declines in total forest cover since …”
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The hierarchy of predictability in ecological restoration: are vegetation structure and functional diversity more predictable than community composition? von Laughlin, Daniel C., Strahan, Robert T., Moore, Margaret M., Fulé, Peter Z., Huffman, David W., Covington, W. Wallace

“… 1. Predicting restoration outcomes requires an understanding of the natural variability of ecosystem properties. A hierarchy of predictability has been …”
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Restoration applications of resource objective wildfires in western US forests: a status of knowledge review von Huffman, David W., Roccaforte, John Paul, Springer, Judith D., Crouse, Joseph E.

“… Background Frequent-fire forests of the western United States have undergone remarkable changes in structure, composition, and function due to historical …”
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Southwestern ponderosa pine forest patterns following wildland fires managed for resource benefit differ from reference landscapes von Donager, Jonathon J., Sánchez Meador, Andrew J., Huffman, David W.

“… Context Managers aiming to utilize wildland fire to restore southwestern ponderosa pine landscapes require better understanding of forest cover patterns …”
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Forest restoration treatments increased growth and did not change survival of ponderosa pines in severe drought, Arizona von Fulé, Peter Z., Meador, Andrew J. Sánchez, Moore, Margaret M., Covington, W. Wallace, Kolb, Thomas E., Huffman, David W., Normandin, Donald P., Roccaforte, John Paul

“… We report on survival and growth of ponderosa pines (Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex P. Lawson & C. Lawson) 2 decades after forest restoration treatments in the G …”
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Multi-decadal aspen dynamics show recruitment bottleneck across complex mountain community von Stoddard, Michael T., Rodman, Kyle C., Crouch, Connor D., Huffman, David W., Fulé, Peter Z., Waring, Kristen M., Moore, Margaret M.

“… Changes in forest structure and shifts in tree species composition have occurred globally due to climate change and altered disturbance regimes. With climate …”
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Restoration treatments enhance tree growth and alter climatic constraints during extreme drought von Rodman, Kyle C., Bradford, John B., Formanack, Alicia M., Fulé, Peter Z., Huffman, David W., Kolb, Thomas E., Miller‐ter Kuile, Ana T., Normandin, Donald P., Ogle, Kiona, Pedersen, Rory J., Schlaepfer, Daniel R., Stoddard, Michael T., Waltz, Amy E. M.

“… The frequency and severity of drought events are predicted to increase due to anthropogenic climate change, with cascading effects across forested ecosystems …”
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Efficacy of resource objective wildfires for restoration of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests in northern Arizona von Huffman, David W., Sánchez Meador, Andrew J., Stoddard, Michael T., Crouse, Joseph E., Roccaforte, John P.

“… •Are resource objective wildfires effective for restoring ponderosa pine forests?•Ten large fires were dominated by unburned/low and low burn severity …”
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Long‐term ecological responses to landscape‐scale restoration in a western United States dry forest von Roccaforte, John P., Huffman, David W., Rodman, Kyle C., Crouse, Joseph E., Pedersen, Rory J., Normandin, Donald P., Fulé, Peter Z.

“… Tree thinning and the application of prescribed surface fire are widespread forest restoration strategies used to regain ecological structure and function …”
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Long-term plant community responses to resource objective wildfires in montane coniferous forests of Grand Canyon National Park, USA von Springer, Judith D., Stoddard, Michael T., Huffman, David W., Laughlin, Daniel C., Fulé, Peter Z., Daniels, Mark L.

“… •Pine-oak plant community composition after low-severity resource objective fire was most resilient but cover has declined over time.•Changes in three forest …”
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Delayed tree mortality, bark beetle activity, and regeneration dynamics five years following the Wallow Fire, Arizona, USA: Assessing trajectories towards resiliency von Roccaforte, John P., Sánchez Meador, Andrew, Waltz, Amy E.M., Gaylord, Monica L., Stoddard, Michael T., Huffman, David W.

“… •Post-fire mortality was stable across treatments, with no significant differences.•Abundant ingrowth of small hardwoods occurred throughout the study …”
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Using trait‐based ecology to restore resilient ecosystems: historical conditions and the future of montane forests in western North America von Laughlin, Daniel C., Strahan, Robert T., Huffman, David W., Sánchez Meador, Andrew J.

“… Historical reference conditions have provided empirical benchmarks for guiding ecological restoration but the relevance of historical conditions has been …”
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Fire regimes and structural changes in oak-pine forests of the Mogollon Highlands ecoregion: Implications for ecological restoration von Huffman, David W., Floyd, M. Lisa, Hanna, Dustin P., Crouse, Joseph E., Fulé, Peter Z., Sánchez Meador, Andrew J., Springer, Judith D.

“… •Ponderosa pine forests of the Mogollon Highlands ecoregion are complex.•We reconstructed historical fire regimes and forest structure at five sites.•All sites …”
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Increases in understory plant cover and richness persist following restoration treatments in Pinus ponderosa forests von Springer, Judith D., Stoddard, Michael T., Rodman, Kyle C., Huffman, David W., Fornwalt, Paula J., Pedersen, Rory J., Laughlin, Daniel C., McGlone, Christopher M., Daniels, Mark L., Fulé, Peter Z., Moore, Margaret M., Kerns, Becky K., Stevens, Jens T., Korb, Julie E., Souther, Sara

“… A combination of forest thinning followed by prescribed burning is widely applied in the western United States to increase ecosystem resistance and resilience …”
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Reference conditions are influenced by the physical template and vary by forest type: A synthesis of Pinus ponderosa-dominated sites in the southwestern United States von Rodman, Kyle C., Sánchez Meador, Andrew J., Moore, Margaret M., Huffman, David W.

“… •We reconstructed forest reference conditions on 33 sites (>0.8ha) in NM and AZ, USA.•Historical densities were best predicted by parent material and TEU …”
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Shifts in community-level traits and functional diversity in a mixed conifer forest: a legacy of land-use change von Strahan, Robert T., Meador, Andrew J. Sánchez, Huffman, David W., Laughlin, Daniel C.

“… 1. Historical reference conditions have long been used to guide the restoration of degraded ecosystems. However, a rapidly changing climate and altered …”
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Resource objective wildfires shifted forest structure and fuels toward pre-fire-exclusion conditions in a remote Arizona wilderness von Roccaforte, John P., Huffman, David W., Rodman, Kyle C., Heinlein, Thomas A., Crouse, Joseph E., Fulé, Peter Z.

“… Background Large, severe fires are increasing throughout frequent-fire forests of the western United States due to warming climatic conditions, as well as …”
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Effectiveness of fuel reduction treatments: Assessing metrics of forest resiliency and wildfire severity after the Wallow Fire, AZ von Waltz, Amy E.M., Stoddard, Michael T., Kalies, Elizabeth L., Springer, Judith D., Huffman, David W., Meador, Andrew Sánchez

“… •We examined fuel reduction treatment effects following Arizona’s largest recorded wildfire.•We defined three short-term metrics of mixed conifer forest …”
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